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Joe Straus vs. Matt Beebe
We lost the battle of getting Ken Paxton elected as the Texas Speaker of the House for the 82nd legislature, but that does not mean we have given up.
We now are working to not only prevent Joe Straus from becoming the Texas Speaker of the House for the 83rd legislature, but to prevent his re-election to the Texas House of Representatives.
TEAParty911.com founder, Michael Kinzie has endorsed Matt Beebe in HD-121 and we are all working hard to get Beebe elected to rid the House of Representatives of Joe Straus.
To see how you can help, please go to Matt Beebe's page on our site.
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Heritage Alliance President, Richard Ford, cautions Texas House Representatives on the vote for Speaker
Statement from Richard Ford
on House Speaker Vote for 82nd Legislature
Contact: Michael Smith
EVP Heritage Alliance
214-348-4011
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DALLAS, Dec. 29, 2010 – Because committee members and chairmen can so easily kill or water down legislation, Heritage Alliance has decided to give extra weight to the vote for Speaker of the House beginning with the 82nd Legislature.
“Currently we are deciding the best method to proceed,” Richard Ford, President of Heritage Alliance and Heritage Alliance PAC, said. “Options include weighting the Speaker vote 25-50 percent, or basing scores on the voting records of Representatives the Speaker appoints as chairmen and as members of the most critical 8-10 committees.”
The Texas House Speaker will appoint chairmen for 34 standing committees, plus any ad hoc committees, for the legislative session ending in May, 2011. The Speaker also decides which committee will receive each of the estimated 5,000+ bills filed in the session.
Committee chairmen, in turn, can decide which bills will be returned to the floor for a vote, and their governance of their respective committee determines how each bill will be altered in committee.
On Wednesday, the web site speakermandate.com announced it had collected more than 7,500 signatures of Texans calling on members of the Texas House of Representatives to elect a conservative House Speaker. The signators include 138 leaders of conservative organizations.
“In the 25 years I've been involved with the Texas Legislature, I've never seen as large a conservative coalition come together and maintain intensity for this long a period of time,” Ford added. “When 89 percent of GOP primary voters say they want a more-conservative House Speaker, the consequences of failing them should be reflected immediately in each Representative’s voting score.”
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Joe Straus vs. Matt Beebe
We lost the battle of getting Ken Paxton elected as the Texas Speaker of the House for the 82nd legislature, but that does not mean we have given up.
We now are working to not only prevent Joe Straus from becoming the Texas Speaker of the House for the 83rd legislature, but to prevent his re-election to the Texas House of Representatives.
TEAParty911.com founder, Michael Kinzie has endorsed Matt Beebe in HD-121 and we are all working hard to get Beebe elected to rid the House of Representatives of Joe Straus.
To see how you can help, please go to Matt Beebe's page on our site.
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